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Apple Trees in Goisern

Rudolf von Alt (1812 - 1905)

Apple Trees in Goisern
1901
Grafic
Watercolour and gouache/paper
Sheet size 56.50 x 78.70 cm
Framesize 65.50 x 87.50 x 4.20 cm
12
Currently not in the exhibition
Austrian 19th century
© Residenzgalerie Salzburg, Illustration Fotostudio Ulrich Ghezzi, Oberalm

In his youth, the trips Rudolf von Alt took with his father Jakob (1789– 1872) included Salzburg and the Salzkammergut. In his advanced years, from 1899, he chose to spend the summer months in readily accessible Goisern, where he rented accommodation with master carpenter Josef Putz in Lasern.
His delicate, already modern-leaning late works, such as "Apple Trees in Goisern", show views of the Ramsau mountains and orchards. Paths and meadows are interpreted more as two-dimensional colour-fields than as lines of perspective. Individual forms – as the row of trees along the lefthand path, with their merging colours – are sometimes only suggested. The front row of apple trees, with their vertical trunks and sparse crowns, provide an attractive contrast. Wet-on-wet application gives a blurred effect and contributes to the airy atmosphere.

HABERSATTER Thomas: Rudolf von Alt, Apple Trees in Goisern. In: DUCKE Astrid, HABERSATTER Thomas (Hg./Ed.): Stadt ∙ Land ∙ Berg. Salzburg und seine Umgebung. Town ∙ Landscape ∙ Mountain. Salzburg and surroundings. Residenzgalerie Salzburg. Salzburg 2022, S./p. 132-133

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Inv. no. 129